Marcelo Pecci: Four people have been sentenced to 23 years in prison in connection with the murder of a Paraguayan lawyer.

He was assassinated on May 10 for speaking out. On June 3, 5 people were arrested.

A sixth suspect is in hiding, according to Colombian police.

The lawyer was talking and inquiring Corruption and money laundering The highest in his country.

Colombian officials believe that Organized crime groups They may have planned the assassination.

The crime may be related to international drug trafficking “Serious Terrorism”According to the attorney’s office.

On May 10, Becky was killed while chatting on the beach with his wife, journalist Claudia Aguilera.

“Two people attacked Marcelo. They came in a boat, or on a jet ski. The truth is, I did not look well,” Aguilera told the El Timbo newspaper last month.

One of them left without saying a word Shot twice To her husband.

The couple was on their sixth and last day of honeymoon.

Two hours before the attack, Aguilera posted a photo on her Instagram account. Pregnant.

Aguilera was not injured in the attack.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the lawyer who shot and killed Wendrit Guerrero was Jabaletta, who was in charge of transportation and logistics, and Landono and his son, Mansolve Landono, were involved. Tracking The crime was committed by a lawyer before, EFE notes.

The judge, who heard the case in Cartagena, said the four were sentenced to 47 years in prison each. Cut in half As part of a petition agreement.

Colombia’s Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa, told a news conference earlier this month that a sum of about $ 500,000.

Colombian police are still searching for Gabriel Carlos Luis Salinas Mendoza, another alleged perpetrator, for whom they have issued a blue Interpol circular. Left the countryProbably to Venezuela where he comes from.

Authorities believe Primiro Commando da Capital (BCC) was created by a criminal organization Convicts imprisoned in BrazilWas involved in coordinating the murder, but they could not identify the intelligent author of the crime.

PCC is important Cocaine exporter.

Pecci was part of “A Ultranza Py”, The biggest function Against cocaine smuggling and money laundering in Paraguay history.

According to the Paraguayan media, the move disrupted a network Drug trafficking From Colombia and Bolivia to Europe via Paraguay.

The prosecutor was part of an international team that seized hundreds of millions of dollars in assets earlier this year and arrested dozens of suspects.

The U.S. Bureau of International Drug Enforcement and Law Enforcement said, “Pechi’s role in combating organized crime Example for all“His efforts to bring to justice, especially those involved in money laundering, drug trafficking and corruption.”

Although Pechi had bodyguards in Paraguay, he had no security when he went on his honeymoon in Colombia, and Colombian police said they were unaware he was in the country.

In May, Paraguayan President Mario Apto described “Coward” Talking and killing.

“We strongly condemn this Tragic event We are doubling our commitment to the fight against organized crime, “said Tariq al-Hashimi, the party’s secretary general.

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